I think what I listen to now is what I listened to as a kid which is kind of black American soul. I love soul music.

Its quite there sonically; a strong representation of what the songs on our records are like. It's very loud and our set is based around containing as much energy and dynamics as possible.

Everything's immediately diminished. That's why there's no real rock stars anymore. People are too accessible.

There's no coherent stylistic genre specific advice that I could provide.

I think what I listen to now is what I listened to as a kid which is kind of black American soul. I love soul music.

I like the idea of characters without shame, who hold nothing back.

I’ve always tried to find God in lots of different things, whether that’s been drugs, women, etc, etc… But all those things are tangible and they exist and you can see them and you can feel them. Music doesn’t exist, physically. Yet is commands ever facet of my personality and it has the power to command people how to feel on a physical level, uncontrollably. And I find that so fascinating.